Aguano language

Aguano is the extinct language of the Aguano people of Peru. Loukotka (1968)^[2] identified it with Chamicuro, but Chamicuro speakers say that the Aguano people spoke Quechua (Wise 1987). However, Steward (1946) notes that the Aguano had adopted Quechua soon after the Conquest and that their original language is unclassified.^[3] More recently, Campbell & Grondona (2012) leave Aguano unclassified due to lack of attestation.^[4]

Aguano
Santa Crucino
(unattested)
Native to	Peru
Region	Santa Cruz de Huallaga
Ethnicity	40 Aguano families (1959)[1]
Extinct	16th century[1]
Language family	unclassified (Arawakan?)
Dialects	Cuitinana Maparina Aguano proper
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aga
Glottolog	agua1251

Names and varieties

Alternate spellings are Uguano, Aguanu, Awano; it has also been called Santa Crucino.

Mason (1950) listed three Aguano groups, Aguano proper (including Seculusepa/Chilicawa and Melikine/Tivilo), Cutinana, and Maparina.^[5] Schematically, these can be summarized as:

• Aguano proper
  • Seculusepa (Chilicawa)
  • Melikine (Tivilo)
• Cutinana
• Maparina